The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-05-19
TORONTO.
O'Brien and Kilbride on Their
Tour--The Irish Editor
Interviewed.
Says He is Agreeably Impressed
at the Demonstration
in Canada,
MAYOR noMf,ANp THREATENED.


TORONTO, MAY IL The widest excitement
reigned here this morning. owing to report being
circulated that Editor BrieH arrived by the Grand
Trunk express at 9 o clock this morning. IL has
since become known that he is still In Montreal,
but the report will have the effect of swelling the
crowd at the anti-oBrien meeting in the park this
afternoon.
Mayor Rowland received telegram from Chi.
cago threatening him with sudden extinction II ne
presides at the Queens park meeting,
oBRIEN AND KILBRIDE.
MONTREAL, May 14.-Wm. O'Brien arrived in
this city to day at O'Clock, by the steamer Mon
treal, which left Quebec yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock. AS both himself and the evicted tenant
Kilbride were greatly fstigued, they asked to be
allowed to remain on board few hours later and
enjoy few hours rest, which they were allowed
to do Mr.. O'Brien left the vessel at 10 O'Clock and
thought to escape unobserved, but as he stepped
on shore Pat Ryan, the policeman, who spoke with
a rich Munster brogue, rushed forward and grasped
him firmly by the hand.
"May the heavens save you, sir, he exclaimed.
81 had sooner have your little finger than the
body and bones of Lansdowne," at winch MT
O'Brien smiled.
He learned that "Pat'' was Limerick man
| and that he had been already suspended once by
! the chief of police here on account of his toe
unfamiliar rs: .,tments In favor of Ireland,
fbe threats from Toropto ivun Up bigger and
bigger but the editor Of United lrelandi ana the
people here Who are the pest Qualified to judge
assert that they are only threats. There lie mis-
! read3 published, that Mayor Howland's
dispatch TO Mr.. O'Brien was not paid for
n was paid for to this city, but the telegraph
authorities informed Mr.. o'Brien that they would
not forward II to Quebec, where he was unless 1t wai
prepaid by him. The statement that Mr.. o. Brier
was escorted to the hall in this city, where he lee
tured by men with armed revovers, was pure
fiction. No such thing occurred. His visit here
is kindly looked upon by all parties, particularly
since he has spoken, which has brought over many
non-Irish who expected him to appear OF
tha YNloff will hand
dynamite boom in the other. The most sienitcan
fact that has as yet transpired is the offer of Que
bee men to send a stalwart body guard of armed
men to escort O'Brien to Toronto. Mr.. O'Brien,
who is anxious to do nothing that can be construed
into violent action, refused the Offer which shows
that, notwithstanding the enthusiasm, little excuse
remains for the Toronto people to create a dis
turbance.
o'BRIENs STATEMENT.
MONTREAL, May 14.-Perhaps the exact situa.
ton may be best ascertained from O'Brien him
self, who spoke to an Associated Press reporter
this afternoon az follows:
Sup to the present, the result has more than
answered my most sanguine expectations: From
end to end OF this province of Que6ec-although,
of course | have encountered good many oppo-
nents-I have not experienced the slightest mark
some who doubted the advisability of
our visit, but have not met single one
who having heard us, was not convinced
we had an ample stand and most terrible justi-
l
have simply been amazed at the extent to which
prejudice, so unscrupulously aroused against us,
has been displaced in the brietest intercourse with
the people. The fact is of course, due not to our
selves but to the absolutely unanswerabe
strength of our indictments | find that within
the last two days the condemnation of Lord Lans-
downe has become greatly intensified, and is
showing itself in quarters from which | least ex-
pected il. AS for our experience In Quebec,
it was so uniformly satisfactory
that, although hadlthe pleasure of making the
acquaintance of very large number, indeed, of
citizens of all grades and all nationalities can
honestly say did not hear single expression
favorable to Lord Lansdowne, while his opponents,
who attended our demonstrations, were free in
their Acknowledgements that the statements, If un-
rebutted, were simply appalling. This result ls,
think, thoroughly secured, and that the Canadian
people recognize that case has been
made which must be answered
Not single one of Lord Lanedowne's
champions in the press has attempted to tackle
the facts of the controversy, although Lord Lans-
dow ne many weeks ago, through his al de ampe,
supplied them with his version of the transactions
His friends are reduced to two pleas, neither OF
which will bear the light of robust public criticism
for moment. The fret is that, as governor gen
eral, Lord Lansdowne is sublimely above all criti
csm from the people whom he rules and who pay
him. This is doctrine 30 anupathlc TO
British constitutional law, that l
can scarcely imagine how any person instructed In
the rudiments Of English constitutional history
can for moment seriously support it. An Eng
lish constitutional lawyer would smile at the sug
gestion that, because the queen can do no wrong
when acting as the mouth piece of the state, thai
that the governor general, paid by the Canadian
shown beyond the possibility of denial, that he IL
using Canadian money for the perpetration OF al
| Injustice which the Canadian parliament AGAR
and again denounced.